Simon and Ed Crisford bid to make it back-to-back wins in the 1 3/8-mile Glasgow Stakes July 21 at Scotland’s Hamilton Park Racecourse with the progressive Chesspiece .
The joint trainers landed the race 12 months ago with West Wind Blows , who has since won two group 3s and finished third to Paddington in last month’s Coral Eclipse Stakes (G1).
They rely on the Godolphin-owned 3-year-old, who finished third in the Queen’s Vase (G3) at Royal Ascot, 5 1/4 lengths behind Gregory .
The son of Nathaniel was bought by Godolphin after winning impressively over a mile and a half at York’s Dante meeting in May and drops in trip for the Glasgow Stakes, having raced over a mile and six furlongs last month.
Ed Crisford said: “Chesspiece is in good form after Ascot. It was quite quick that day, which wasn’t to his liking, but the ground looks suitable at Hamilton. It’s a small, competitive field, but I think he can take another step forward and hopefully can go very well.”
Chesspiece once again clashes with royal runner Circle of Fire , who finished a length and a quarter behind him when fourth in the Queen’s Vase. He also hit the frame in the Lingfield Derby Trial earlier in the season. However, the highest-rated runner off a mark of 108 is Salt Bay .
The Glasgow Stakes has unearthed a host of group 1 performers in the last 10 years, with Postponed , Ventura Storm , Defoe , and Subjectivist all going on to score at the top level.
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